You can unlock course sections and modules based on a customer’s progress, keeping them locked until the required lessons or quizzes have been completed.
In this article, we’ll show you how to unlock sections based on course progress.
Overview
Podia lets you control when customers can access specific course sections.
You can keep a section locked until a customer completes all previous lessons and quizzes or a specific lesson or quiz.
Customers who haven’t met the requirements will see the section as locked until they complete the necessary actions (such as all previous lessons/quizzes or specific ones).
This is especially helpful for courses where later content builds on earlier material, preventing customers from jumping ahead before they’ve covered the foundations.
Unlocking sections based on course progress
Here's how to unlock sections based on course progress:
From your home feed, click on your site name and select Admin from the dropdown menu.
From the Admin dashboard, click Products in the sidebar menu.
Click the Edit icon next to the course you want to lock sections for.
Add a new section or edit an existing one to access section locking options.
To add a new section, click New section from the course editor page.
To edit an existing section, click directly on the section name.
Under Availability, select the Available after course progress option.
Choose what members must complete before the section unlocks:
All previous lessons and quizzes: The section unlocks after the member completes every lesson and quiz that appears before it in the course.
Specific lessons/quizzes: The section unlocks after the member completes the lesson or quiz you select. For example, you can require members to complete the final quiz in the previous section before they continue.
Hit Save to save your changes.
FAQs
I locked course sections, but they’re still available to existing customers. Why?
I locked course sections, but they’re still available to existing customers. Why?
This is expected. Changes to section availability settings (such as based on course progress and/or delays) only apply to customers who enroll in the course after the changes are made.
Customers who enrolled before you updated these settings will keep their existing access.
To apply new section locks to an existing customer, you can remove them from the course and then add them again.
Keep in mind that the customer’s course progress is preserved. If they’ve already completed the lessons or quizzes required to unlock a section, that section may remain available when they’re added back to the course.
Why can't I select specific lessons/quizzes in the dropdown menu?
Why can't I select specific lessons/quizzes in the dropdown menu?
You can only select lessons and quizzes that appear before the section you’re setting up.
If a lesson or quiz isn’t available to select, make sure:
It isn’t hidden.
It appears before the section you want to unlock.
If you make a specific lesson/quiz hidden after you've set it as the unlock trigger, we will default the option to "All previous lessons and quizzes".